at New York Knicks Sunday January 30 7:30 pm

Please save me the BG didn't play any Defense BS, go watch the game again, NY ran him through multiple ball screens everytime down court, NOBODY can stay with their man like that. The bad defense was a result of guys not helping the guy who was helping- period, there's no one person to blame. We were giving up about 31 pts per qtr prior to the 4th, in the 4th we gave up 33 (right on schedule) problem was that we couldn't keep pace with them offensively. T-Mac was awful, Tay was horrid (just abused by Gallo all night long), Daye was scared, CV was being CV and Monroe plays off of other players. NY is a team you beat by scoring (especially at home, which is tough to do) and getting a few stops down the stretch. This would have been a nice game to win but when Gallo has it going and is playing with confidence NY is tough to beat in the garden. Now Mozgov (or whatever his name is) is a different story, allowing him to get off really ticked me off, showed how bad we are defensively on the interior, GM hasn't quite figured out that side of the game yet, but he will, I see him being a Kurt Thomas like defender in the league.

I'll say it: Ben Gordon didn't play ANY form of defense, in any shape, size or capacity. And I'm being fair in that. Our guards were the biggest culprit, as they repeatedly allowed their man to penetrate the lane and break down our defense with ease.

Mosgov was a starter to begin the season, but didn't keep his job. Actually, he hadn't played in some time, but obviously if you have a slumping player who needs some positive burn, play em against the Pistons. Seriously...after the game he was quoted as saying,"I vant to play"

I'll say it: Ben Gordon didn't play ANY form of defense, in any shape, size or capacity. And I'm being fair in that. Our guards were the biggest culprit, as they repeatedly allowed their man to penetrate the lane and break down our defense with ease.

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and Ill repeat it...again. Our guards play the matador defense every night. If we had a young ben wallace this wouldnt be as glaring of a problem...but we dont have a swatter on defense to prevent the easy layups or the drive and dish bunnies that every team seems to get when they play us.

Gordon is getting the time now to play out of his cold spells and looks more like the guy who played for the Bulls.

He was playing in front of his homies and family....he won't show up come this wednesday....I guaransheed it. Aside from family in the crowd, when was the last time he had back to back great games? That was his streak now it is time to make up for it with a goose egg.

I have never watched a game that Stuckey missed and thought, 'Man they really miss Stuckey in this instance or game and could really use him'.

Earlier in the year people were comparing Stuckey and Tony Douglas. After watching last night it is no contest to me. It is T Doug by a mile.

I agree with you here. Without Stuckey I never once thought that we would have been better last night with him in the game. The only possible way he would have been helping would have been the fact that he would have prevented Bynum from getting minutes....and that just says more about Bynum than it does about Stuck. T Doug by a mile for sure.

This Stuckey hatred is irrational. Obviously, we're a better team with him - a much better team. Bynum always gets lit up defensively. Stuckey can defend multiple positions and PG's. When he gets beat, it almost always involves pick plays where our team defense isn't up to par. There is no such thing as a guard in this league who can guard players who have gotten a pick without the pickers defender making the proper show/step out.

Monroe is showing signs of becoming a really good defender in that regard. Ben Wallace can still do that. But there is nobody else on the team that can.

Bynum gets beat one on one like he's a drum. Defenders don't need to pick him at all. He's that bad. Gordon isn't that much better, although once in a while it seems like he steps up on D. Rip stopped trying on D more than a season ago.

and Ill repeat it...again. Our guards play the matador defense every night. If we had a young ben wallace this wouldnt be as glaring of a problem...but we dont have a swatter on defense to prevent the easy layups or the drive and dish bunnies that every team seems to get when they play us.

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Yup. A lack of an inside presence killed us and allowed Mozgov to have a career night...on mostly dunks.

That isn't to excuse the guards though getting beat out on the perimeter though. You simply CANNOT let people get penetration at will like that.

Yes, Brap, the Stuckey hate is more than just irrational. This comment just takes the cake for me. Who else is better than Stuckey, in your eyes? Kevin Ollie, Johnny Flynn, Manny Harris for sure. Any others I'm leaving out?

Joe will do nothing and use the ownership scenario as an excuse. He'll re-up Stuckey, re-up T-Mac and JJ and we'll get a late lottery pick in the draft, a weak draft, which may be even weaker if Irving and Sullinger stay in school for 1 more year.

Yes, Brap, the Stuckey hate is more than just irrational. This comment just takes the cake for me. Who else is better than Stuckey, in your eyes? Kevin Ollie, Johnny Flynn, Manny Harris for sure. Any others I'm leaving out?

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I was specifically speaking of this game. I have not watched T-Doug play a lot. I did like the little things he showed as a guard, the change of pace dribbles, not always looking to bowl someone over etc, passing the ball.

Joe will do nothing and use the ownership scenario as an excuse. He'll re-up Stuckey, re-up T-Mac and JJ and we'll get a late lottery pick in the draft, a weak draft, which may be even weaker if Irving and Sullinger stay in school for 1 more year.

He'll never fully regain the explosiveness that made him a seven-time All-Star before microfracture knee surgery two years ago, but it's apparent that when used properly, he could still regularly get you 15 points, seven assists and seven boards.

That's production worth keeping at the right price, but the Pistons probably have no chance at retaining McGrady this summer due to the indeterminate state of this franchise.

McGrady hasn't publicly removed the Pistons from consideration. He's appreciative they gave him an opportunity when better teams thought 14 seasons of wear on his back and legs diminished his offensive flourishes to a fond memory.

The forward-thinking move would be signing McGrady to a two-year extension at a modest cost before he hit the open market this summer -- barring, of course, the all-threatening owners' lockout.

I was specifically speaking of this game. I have not watched T-Doug play a lot. I did like the little things he showed as a guard, the change of pace dribbles, not always looking to bowl someone over etc, passing the ball.

Karen Davidson has so badly decimated the Pistons' once peerless standing in the public and league's mind that there's no guarantee that simply waiting for new ownership can sufficiently heal the wounds inflicted since Bill Davidson's death two years ago

Karen Davidson has so badly decimated the Pistons' once peerless standing in the public and league's mind that there's no guarantee that simply waiting for new ownership can sufficiently heal the wounds inflicted since Bill Davidson's death two years ago

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That's got to be the definition of overstatement. "Heal the wounds"? The author sounds like a 14 year old girl who just got dumped by her first boyfriend.

No, he built them. Us spoiled fans were simply upset that he didn't spend a boatload of money to build a 3 championship dynasty, but this mess here? This woman is more clueless than Alicia Silverstone and Q put together.